Bangladeshis among immigrant groups that shaped British culture, UK PM frontrunner Boris Johnson says

Britain's overwhelming favourite to be the next prime minister, Boris Johnson, has singled out Bangladeshis, Jewish refugees from Tsarist Russia, and Huguenots from France for shaping the British culture.

These groups of immigrants have “adapted and they have made their lives and they have helped to make our national culture and they have bought into it”, he said, according to HuffpostUk.

Johnson stressed that the story of immigration in the UK is “amazing”, and praised the “extraordinary economic success and dynamism” of people who have moved to Britain from overseas.

At a Tory leadership hustings in Darlington, he went on: “That’s what I want for our country, I want everybody who comes here and makes their lives here to be and to feel British.

The British politician also said immigration had helped London become the most economically successful area in Europe, and that it was driving similar growth in other cities around the UK.

British Future, the integration think-tank, welcomed Johnson’s comments but urged him to take serious action to boost funding for English language tuition if he becomes PM.